The Hill,Zulu,Waterloo, Longest day,Battle of the river Plate,Das Boot,Gallipoli, Laurence of Arabia,Dambusters, Great Escape, as you say, could almost smell the Cordite going up in the sixties
I saw A Bridge Too Far on its release in 1977 at the Odeon in Scarborough and its been my favourite war film ever since. What a great cast of star actors. Absolutely excellent.
I saw 'A Bridge Too Far' at one of the cinemas at BFPO 40 (Rheindahlen JHQ, I believe it became BFPO 140 later) as one of the Queen's School attendees - we sat in the front row. I still have the Film Premier booklet somewhere (I believe it premiered there at the same time as in UK).
Michael Caine was in 'A Hill in Korea' with George Baker, Harry Andrews and half the war film stars from the 50s and 60s. He was also supposed to be technical adviser because of his Korea service with the Fusiliers.
Yes, the Spanish Messerschmitts and the remaining Spitfires were cool to see. The models are a bit dated but I can still suspend reality. I really enjoyed the Spitfire sequences in Dunkirk also.
There is a you tube video out there of an American in Texas? I believe who got paid for the Battle of Britain flying scenes with Spanish Messerschmitt and some Spitfire. Showed you inside his barn?/hanger? With the aircraft in it. Heard later on he was looking to sell them?. I also believe it was a Luffwaffe Ace who coordinated the flying scenes for the movie, they had maybe? A JU88 (Spanish?) converted to be a flying camera aircraft during the air battle can’t remember what colour it was painted to stand out to the other pilots flying spits/me109 (Spanish). That’s my 10 cents worth. I’m not at home right now or I would put my 10 fav war movies up, Finland, Germany, Korean (country). I did nit like the actual start of the Aussie ‘the odd angry shot’ thought it was kind of Kampy (I know, I’m an old guy lol) acting, but liked the actual in Vietnam part.💂♂️🪖⛑️🏴🇨🇦
I live very near the DOP for the cockleshells, about 20 minutes away from me. There is a monument overlooking the lighthouse in the river mouth at Vaux sur mer, to the teams who took part in the raid.
“A Bridge too Far” & who could leave out the highly accurate 🤣 “Where Eagles Dare”, with the famous line “Broadsword calling Danny Boy!” Great topic,thanks. Oh and 633 squadron with that famous theme!
My dad was doing his national service in the RAF at Scampton when they filmed some scenes for the Dambusters , him and some of his mates used to walk round the perimeter of the camp with Richard Todd and talk about his time in the army during the war. My dad reckoned that he was in one of the crowd scenes as they came out of a building.
Hey buddy 👊🏼 That's my favourite boxset war series. The 'Pacific' is also very good. I grew up with 'Danger UXB' - worth checking out. However, these are all series and not films - just saying... ATB Gus 👍🏼
My Troop Sgt crewed one of the Sherman’s as an extra. I think Paths of Glory is a very good film, Kirk Douglas WW1 French semi mutiny. Also Revolution with Al Pacino. Ice Cold in Alex. The Dambusters. And of course Lawrence of Arabia .
➡️ Listen in, men... One must remember to always face the enemy with an umbrella in hand when trying to cross a bridge, as you never know what s**t the enemy is going to shower you with - so British! 😁 🍻 🇬🇧
In no particular order... 1. Downfall 2. Battle of the Bulge 3. Platoon 4. Zulu 5. Stalingrad 6. Saving Private Ryan 7. Battle of Britain. 8. Deerhunter 9. Hamburger Hill 10. Das Boot. Loads of others...I enjoyed Wheels of Terror although it was low budget it did have Oliver Reed and David Carradine yomping around as Prussian officers....bet that set was chaos! Cross of Iron was excellent when I was a kid, tried to watch it the other day but it sounded like Inspector Clouseau chatting to Renee from Allo Allo....
Another excellent war film ( albeit with no combat scenes ) is Tunes of Glory made around 1960 or so, starring Alec Guinness, John Mills and Susannah York amongst others. I won’t go into the films plot,suffice it to say it really is worth watching. I believe Alec Guinness said that his part in the film was the best one that he ever played. Watch the film, see what you think.
Steptoe and Son is one of my favourite TV shows ever. Harry H Corbett was a veteran himself. And of course the show Bad Lad's Army always made me laugh.
Went the day well, Ice Cold in Alex, Battle of the Bulge, Dambusters, 633 Squadron, Mosquito Squadron, Battle of Britain, and the Longest Day were all big favourites of mine.
The Longest Day is my favorite of all time. There are many other good movies that I can't remember the names and alot of sleepers I have seen recently on the internet that I'd never heard of before.
@@tommyatkins2527 sounds like a great trip 👍🏻 I've only seen the u boat museum in Merseyside, they've sectioned it, but you can see inside, I wouldn't want to be cooped up in one underwater 😬
My favourite film of all time is still zulu, never get sick of watching it. Once watched Waterloo in the guardroom at Buckingham Palace When I was off duty a good film too. 😊
Just a small few of my favorites. The Great Escape. As a kid, it was always on at Christmas. Every Boxing day now, I get brought breakfast in bed and my DVD of The Great Escape.😁 You mentioned The Odd Angry Shot. I got introduced to this if I remember in the early 80's. No one had heard of it. As you say, it's the Aussies in Vietnam and depicts their involvement and the aftermath when they returned home. A Bridge Too Far. Absolute Classic! So many of the stars were Veterans themselves. So they could put their sole into acting the parts!👍 Saving Private Ryan. Special effects on the beach landing was AMAZING! Kajaki has to be in my top 3! What I liked most of all about the film was the way that they showed the camaraderie of not only The Paras. But ALL British squaddies! In the face of adversity, the squaddie humor & banter was there in spades! The line I will always remember is "What you gonna do when we get back to Colly? I'm gonna go and get legless!" My understanding is, the actors that played the parts had done their research with the guys involved and wanted it to be a true depiction of the event! Why no film on The Falklands? Remember. The Americans didn't want to get involved. Except when they supplied Stinger missiles. It's probably too much of a Political 'Hot potato' for Hollywood to poke their head above the parapet. Well there you go, mucka. A few of mine. My best to you & Tracer round.👍 As you say "Till the next time. LETS TAB!"👍👍🤜🤜
Cannot argue with some of your picks. As a resident of Lincoln, the Dambusters is quite pertinent. Kajaki is very underrated in my eyes. 2 that you could have mentioned, Waterloo (Where my regiment fought with distinction, The 1st Regiment of Foot Guards ) And The Charge of the Light Brigade. Showing the deep divisions of leadership. And again where my regiment fought at Alma, Inkerman and Balaklava.
Your quite right about the classic Sunday afternoon war films, too many to list. I very much agree about the Falklands , would make a brilliant movie. Polotics , and the sheer logistics involved in how we succseeded to victory despite little back up from our so called allies. PS Zulu dawn a very much underrated movie. Nice one.
The first Dunkirk (John Mills) is my no1 choice. It is very accurate and depicts typical soldiers of the day, scared but willing to fight. My father was very reticent about his Dunkirk experiences (he got a "mention") and would never watch a war movie. We convinced him to see the movie and he gave it the "thumbs up", except for the smoke over Dunkirk shown in the movie was not large enough. Apparently it went straight up and was visible for miles. Zulu is a classic in every sense and The Cruel Sea is masterful. I'm ex Navy so I can relate to that one. Cheers and best wishes.
I'm a fan of the older black and White films myself; the Cruel Sea, Longest Day, Reach for The Sky, In Which We Serve, Sink The Bismark etc .. often with real personnel in the background but always with actors who had been there in some degree. Plus I'm a sucker for a good bit of stiff upper lip 😄🇬🇧 But on the whole, (those I've mentioned) Zulu, both Dunkirk's (especially the original) Battle of Britain. You mention An Ungentlemanly Act; also a favourite of mine and definitely worth a modern film of the Falklands. I could go on but it might take ages to read 😂👍
Seaman Staines here. The Cruel Sea withe Jack Hawkins (ex RWF ?) Gritty film about the realities of the Battle of Atlantic . Great mini Film on UA-cam ' The Norland goes to War ' Brilliant accent of this Unsung hero all told by the Merchant Lads mainly from Hull . All done with a sense of Humour from the Lads . Worth a Watch 😀👍⚓
There is another. It is Called "Danger Close.". It depicts the Battle of Long Tan in August 1966. It is on DVD. I highly recommend it. It only had a limited theatrical release mostly in Australia.
I’m also a fan of Danger Close. As an old American Vietnam was my personal conflict and I thought Platoon, in part, and Danger Close were the best representations of that war.
As a former graduate of the MCTC, I must mention "The Hill" but also " The Long and the Short and the Tall" ...My dad's favourites were "Ice Cold in Alex" as he drove an ambulance in the desert, Burma and Italy, but he also liked Custer's Last Stand...more of a war film than a western, I think
Great topic - love all those old black and white films I watched as a kid and the later more Hollywood ones like Where Eagles Dare and the Great Escape. I got Apocalypse Now! out on video when I was about 13 thinking it was an ordinary war film and it totally blew my mind. Overall then, personal favourites are The Cruel Sea and Ice Cold in Alex. I'd have to add William Wyler's 1944 documentary film on the Memphis Belle because it gets over the reality far better than things like Masters of the Air. And there was a TV film about a platoon in Northern Ireland I remember seeing years ago that was a bit like The Odd Angry Shot set in South Armagh - boredom, trogging around farms and fields, with very occasional violence. Can't remember what it was called though.
Loads of great films mentioned here, but my " go to " film for a boost, is ( not strictly a war film, but ) Carry On Up The Khyber! 😁 Great videos Keith, 👍
Agree with you on many Zulu, Battle Of Britain, A Bridge Too far, Dunkirk, Dam Busters, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Master and Commander, Memphis Bell ( tad untrue story line, but good) Twelve O'Clock High, Barry Lyndon, 1st part., We were Soldiers. Flyboys, Wild Geese. I could go on and on, but these are my favorites. To name but a few. A number of British Documentaries as well.
Couple more for you Keith, A Bridge too far, Bridge over the river Kwi, Battle of the River plate. No Saving private ryan, is is in fact based on the true story of Fritz Nieland of the 506 PIR 101st Airborne, and I believe, the movie was made to help fund the making of Band of Brothers, abot E comopany 506 PIR. Stay safe mate.
Around 10 years ago they started making Destroyer about the Type 42s in the Falklands. I think they filmed a lot on HMS Edinburgh. But for some reason it never finished production.
Ex RAMC I have revisited some of the Falklands youtube documentaries one in particular, Falkland islands Combat Medics. Commander Rick Jolly's Red & Green Life Machine At Ajax Bay they treated about 1,400 wounded of both sides. many feats of personal courage.
"an ungentlemanly act" is great, I've got it on DVD. I've also got tumbledown, again, great film. "71" is a brilliant film, I went to the cinema to see that. The best/most realistic ww2 film has to be "the battle of Britain" where they used real hurricanes, spitfires, Spanish made heinkels and "buchon Messerschmitt bf 109s, loads of great actors.
Totally agree with all your favorites but I’d have to add Band of Brothers right at the top of my list! I’m a U.S. veteran of 22 years service and Vietnam bet. I find most of them to be fairly accurate.
12 O'clock high... Greg Peck. Used on Sandhurst courses I believe. Others from me Zulu Dawn, Zulu, A Bridge Too Far, Name escapes me as I type but Michael Cain playing Fallshirmjager trying to catch Churchill, Longest Day, Ice cold in alex, battle of Britain, Great Escape, Saving Private Ryan and We were Soldiers . think that's it for me as I type
My son loved the great escape when he was about 7, he watched it over and over, and on world book day, he got "the cooler king" book from the library and dressed as "hilts" complete with baseball glove and ball and went into school lol
1. The Longest Day 2. Das Boot (Director’s cut) 3. The Dambusters 4. Yangtze Incident- Escape of the Amethyst 5. A Bridge Too Far 6. The Cruel Sea 7. Battle of Britain 8. Full Metal Jacket 9. Danger Close - The Battle of Long Tan (2019 Australian movie about their single biggest engagement of the Vietnam War) 10. Cross of Iron
Not a film but I really enjoyed The Last Englishman with Jim Broadbent playing Colonel A.D. Wintle - it’s on YT but split into four parts. Wintle really was something else, a true British institution
Love a good war movie 🍿 Here’s my favourites. Battle of Britain, Zulu, Saving private Ryan, We were Soldiers, The Quiet American , Black Hawk Down,Platoon, The Deer Hunter, Pearl Harbour All quiet on the Western Front. Watched the odd angry shot on UA-cam last week enjoyed it full of Aussie banter.
Ten war movies I'd take with me, A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day , Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Dunkirk, 1917, Good Morning Vietnam, 71, Hacksaw Ridge , Heartbreak Ridge
Top 10 war films is an interesting task. I grew up in the 50’s-60’s watching old b&w war films, John Wayne, Audie Murphy etc. I still recall Sands of Iwo Jima and To Hell and Back from those days. They aren’t my favourites but they made an impression. I guess Master and Commander and Waterloo are excellent movies about the Napoleonic Wars. All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 version is probably the best & Paths of Glory are 2 good WW1 related anti war movies. I liked The Battle of Britain for its flying sequences and seeing representations of classic airplanes. Other WW2 movies were Bridge on the River Kwai, Saving Private Ryan and Letters from Iwo Jima. I would also rank Danger Close and Platoon as my Vietnam War movies. Some great ‘war adjacent” are Casablanca, Schindler’s List, Dr. Strangelove & Pan’s Labyrinth.
My favourites are: The Wild Geese, A Bridge too Far, Zulu (or course), The Longest Day, Platoon. Also, The Siege of Jadotwille, about the Congo, with Jamie Dornan. Great movie. Also the movie with Mel Gibson - , We were Soldiers.
The French film Dien Bien Phu is very good and also the German series recently made called Generation War, a great series and highlights the moral quagmire of the eastern front. And Gordon of Khartoum is also a great epic. 55 days in Peking and Tora Tora Tora. I do like a Far East theatre war film. Bridge on the river Kwai has got to be one the best war films. Jack Hawkins and Alec Guinness. And I loved the bbc series Manhunt from the 70s about SOE and the resistance in France. I also rate Secret Army and follow on series Kesselring.
Resurrection 1989 about the Scots Guardsman that went missing during the Falklands war. Never saw it myself, though I didn’t know it was a movie, a read the books about him and the other one about Lt Lawrence. The ‘G’ Company Guardsmen sitting on the top of Mount Tumbledown after the battle were mostly Guardsmen I served with between 1974-77. I went to school with I believe he was a Sgt Robert Jackson who won the MM I believe for Tumbledown. I was in Belfast with 3 Sqn RCT when the Falklands kicked off.💂♂️🪖⛑️🏴🇨🇦
The Steel Helmet with Leo Genn is a good WW2 movie, very gritty, down to earth stuff. I like John Mills war movies, the classics, so Dunkirk to me is one of the best movies, knocks the spots off the new one. For new films 1917 is pretty good I think. Dirk Bogart is another good war film leading man. Harry Andrews excellent supporting actor in so many films and Bernard Lee of course (M from the old Bond movies). Like us all I could go on and on😊 Paths of Glory, great anti war movie, excellent film.
In no particular order Waterloo, A bridge too far, the longest day, Zulu, Zulu Dawn, the hill, All The kingsmen about the Sandringham regiment, platoon, saving Private Ryan and not really a movie but a miniseries "band of Brothers". Cheers Ron
Ice Cold in Alex with Sir John Mills and also another one with Michael Caine called “Play Dirty” set in the North African desert, not many seem to remember the latter for some reason .. 🇬🇧
I was brought up on all those films, Operation Mincemeat was one missing from many lists. The man who never was. Half my lot are Navy the other half are Army with a couple of guards and fleet air arm. I think that Hollywood was not interested in the Falklands because they didn't approve and they weren't involved giving it the biggun. My favourites- Where Eagles Dare, A Bridge Too Far. Das Boot,Operation Valkyre, In Which We serve.
@@LetsTab59-bd4fd Maybe when our generation is gone and they fictionalise it and make it something it wasn't they might do it Keith. In the meantime everyone is far too busy kowtowing to the mob who are undermining everything those two wars were for and the Falklands, they'll probably hand them over next. What a generation of wet lettuce we have.
My favorite war movies aren't necessarily those with a huge budget, I like the ones when you have a squad of men behind enemy lines and how they interact, thier characters, how they deal with the combat and stress, such as" the guns of naverone", " sea of sand " "the dessert rats" and one i really liked with sean Connery, "the hill" but I did like your slection.
Wild Geese, excellent "modern" mercenary flick. I know it's from the 70s, but there's DPM!! Also " Who Dares Wins", masterpiece. Remember watching it in the cinema as a 14 yr old
In my opinion, Tora,Tora,Tora about the pearl harbour attack, The Train, about the french resistance movement, and what i think is the best film made so far about the great war, Paths of Glory. Downfall also deserves a mention.
What a great subject. I’ll bet many of us are sat in front of the telly tomorrow! 🤣 Sounds like we had a similar childhood! Our film lists would also be very much alike. I wonder if Ice Cold in Alex was in your list? I’d also have Black Adder Goes Forth - Brilliant British understatement and p1ss taking. A bug bear for me about WW2 films was the use of American 1950s/60s era MBTs to represent WW2 Axis armour. 😖 One those lines in Zulu was often replayed during my service: “Why us?’ “Cos we’re ‘ere lad, nobody else’ 🤣 You’re right about there being tons of material about NI and the Falklands for full length feature films. NI could be both serious stuff but also comedies - remember our conversation about those erroneous border crossings!🤣 I reckon we could all contribute - how about a time when an infantry officer pee’d off with a vcp stop on a known player ordered the RE search section commander to take apart the offenders car - so he did, literally - with a stihl saw! 🤣😮 I think that the real reason there are few NI feature films is because they couldn’t find any U.K. actor handsome enough to play the Sapper lead 😉 and Brad Pitt is lousy at British accents! 😂 Cheers Keith👍🏻
I haven't seen many of the old greats. I have enjoyed the more resent Films like 1917, Dunkirk, When we were Soldiers, Hacksaw Ridge, Hill 60 and other films on the Great War. I have still to get round to watching the new version. All Quite on the Western Front. Not seen Saving Private Ryan either. A Guardroom Favourite was Full Metal Jacket, when stagging on.
Think I remember hearing that Stephen Fry had the rights to remake The Dambusters and was looking into it. Favourite films include Gallipoli, Kajaki and a Russian one called White Tiger. Don't forget the original cast in Dads Army film. One of my teachers at school (1969) was an extra on The Longest Day. Didn't like him. not many did, and about 12 years later went back to the school as a Cpl in uniform and said something along the lines of " You only played a soldier, I'm doing it for real". Petty but I enjoyed saying it!
+1 for Zulu and The Great Escape. Caine was in another one, Too Late The Hero, which I think is right here on UA-cam. But my favourite of all time is A Bridge Too Far. My regiment, the Air Despatch, was involved in that. Quite a young regiment (obviously), it had only one battle honour, and Arnhem was it. I've read the book, which is full of photos and interviews of those who were there. It's incredible how accurate the film is; all the actors were chosen who actually looked like who they were portraying, and the dialogue is exactly what was said at the time.
The Hill,Zulu,Waterloo, Longest day,Battle of the river Plate,Das Boot,Gallipoli, Laurence of Arabia,Dambusters, Great Escape, as you say, could almost smell the Cordite going up in the sixties
I saw A Bridge Too Far on its release in 1977 at the Odeon in Scarborough and its been my favourite war film ever since. What a great cast of star actors. Absolutely excellent.
I saw 'A Bridge Too Far' at one of the cinemas at BFPO 40 (Rheindahlen JHQ, I believe it became BFPO 140 later) as one of the Queen's School attendees - we sat in the front row. I still have the Film Premier booklet somewhere (I believe it premiered there at the same time as in UK).
enemy at the gates, is an excellent movie
Reach for the sky was a good one.
Michael Caine was in 'A Hill in Korea' with George Baker, Harry Andrews and half the war film stars from the 50s and 60s. He was also supposed to be technical adviser because of his Korea service with the Fusiliers.
The Cruel sea and sink the Bismark super films The old b/w ones are the best
I love many black and white movies, something about them.
Longest Day- great film... and I believe it was the most expensive Black and white film ever made...
Must be one of my favourites
The cross of iron 1977 ex rsm i knew swore on its accuracy
Zulu, "why us sarge" because we are here lad thats why!
Sarnt never sarge.
@@grahamarnhem8659 being in the Household Division I would agree, but in the film, it's how it is said.
For an anti-war it was way ahead of its time. It didn't look to blame one side or the other.
My favourite is the battle of britain....the flying scenes no CGI
where eagles dare is the best war movie
Yes, the Spanish Messerschmitts and the remaining Spitfires were cool to see. The models are a bit dated but I can still suspend reality. I really enjoyed the Spitfire sequences in Dunkirk also.
"it's a squadron scramble, sir..."
"Don't be so wet, we've only just come down. We're still refuelling..."
💥💥💥
There is a you tube video out there of an American in Texas? I believe who got paid for the Battle of Britain flying scenes with Spanish Messerschmitt and some Spitfire. Showed you inside his barn?/hanger? With the aircraft in it. Heard later on he was looking to sell them?. I also believe it was a Luffwaffe Ace who coordinated the flying scenes for the movie, they had maybe? A JU88 (Spanish?) converted to be a flying camera aircraft during the air battle can’t remember what colour it was painted to stand out to the other pilots flying spits/me109 (Spanish). That’s my 10 cents worth. I’m not at home right now or I would put my 10 fav war movies up, Finland, Germany, Korean (country). I did nit like the actual start of the Aussie ‘the odd angry shot’ thought it was kind of Kampy (I know, I’m an old guy lol) acting, but liked the actual in Vietnam part.💂♂️🪖⛑️🏴🇨🇦
ua-cam.com/video/TzclnH1nJgk/v-deo.htmlsi=387biKkFwXoIqxNv
Also the sound track is amazing 👏
I love my war films I liked iron cross, the green berets, where eagles dare, the great escape etc great videos keep up the great videos keep safe 👍👍👍
Some real classics in your list
Brilliant and thanks for your support 🙏
Broadsword calling Danny Boy
I'd have to add TheCockleshell Heroes,Above us the waves and Went the day well
I live very near the DOP for the cockleshells, about 20 minutes away from me. There is a monument overlooking the lighthouse in the river mouth at Vaux sur mer, to the teams who took part in the raid.
“A Bridge too Far” & who could leave out the highly accurate 🤣 “Where Eagles Dare”,
with the famous line “Broadsword calling Danny Boy!”
Great topic,thanks.
Oh and 633 squadron with that famous theme!
That's a good point you make regarding the soundtracks
My dad was doing his national service in the RAF at Scampton when they filmed some scenes for the Dambusters , him and some of his mates used to walk round the perimeter of the camp with Richard Todd and talk about his time in the army during the war. My dad reckoned that he was in one of the crowd scenes as they came out of a building.
Fantastic film. Shame about Scampton today 😔
I'm going with Band of Brothers! Also an excellent book
Hey buddy 👊🏼
That's my favourite boxset war series.
The 'Pacific' is also very good.
I grew up with 'Danger UXB' - worth checking out.
However, these are all series and not films - just saying...
ATB Gus 👍🏼
My absolute favourite will always be bridge too far. Classic story of how even when the brits knew the game was up we wouldn’t stop fighting
1 para did the parachuting for that film.
My Troop Sgt crewed one of the Sherman’s as an extra.
I think Paths of Glory is a very good film, Kirk Douglas WW1 French semi mutiny.
Also Revolution with Al Pacino.
Ice Cold in Alex.
The Dambusters.
And of course
Lawrence of Arabia .
➡️ Listen in, men...
One must remember to always face the enemy with an umbrella in hand when trying to cross a bridge, as you never know what s**t the enemy is going to shower you with - so British! 😁 🍻
🇬🇧
In no particular order...
1. Downfall
2. Battle of the Bulge
3. Platoon
4. Zulu
5. Stalingrad
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Battle of Britain.
8. Deerhunter
9. Hamburger Hill
10. Das Boot.
Loads of others...I enjoyed Wheels of Terror although it was low budget it did have Oliver Reed and David Carradine yomping around as Prussian officers....bet that set was chaos! Cross of Iron was excellent when I was a kid, tried to watch it the other day but it sounded like Inspector Clouseau chatting to Renee from Allo Allo....
Full Metal Jacket.
Full metal jacket, Platoon and A Bridge Too Far, so many to choose from but those three at the top of my list.
Great classic movies 🫡
Another excellent war film ( albeit with no combat scenes ) is Tunes of Glory made around 1960 or so, starring Alec Guinness, John Mills and Susannah York amongst others. I won’t go into the films plot,suffice it to say it really is worth watching. I believe Alec Guinness said that his part in the film was the best one that he ever played. Watch the film, see what you think.
Guns at batasi as an rsm you know it's the best.understated and superb.
Brilliant film .👍
Forgot about that one! Now that's a Sergeant Major not putting up with any shenanigans in the mess, even from the enemy 😅
Yes, proper old school RSM
The Great Escape and Where Eagles Dare spring to mind straight away. Angels One Five is a great British film.
British War movies seem somehow better
Always loved ANZAC day and watch a war movie on the TV Guns of the Navarone, Kelly’s Heros, The Great Escape, Where Eagles Dare etc 🔥
Hacksaw Ridge why we did now know about Desmond T Doss before he passed away was a great shame..what a Hero
Doss
"Matter of Life and Death", "Sound of Music" & the "African Queen". Great war films....
Anything with either David Niven or John Mills.
"Henry V".
In that case 'The Way Ahead' - you are in for a thrill.
@@32shumble That has been appearing in my 'feed' regularly, I watched a couple of times.
Steptoe and Son is one of my favourite TV shows ever. Harry H Corbett was a veteran himself. And of course the show Bad Lad's Army always made me laugh.
Went the day well, Ice Cold in Alex, Battle of the Bulge, Dambusters, 633 Squadron, Mosquito Squadron, Battle of Britain, and the Longest Day were all big favourites of mine.
A great military movie, not a true war movie is The Hill with Sean Connery and a load of other big names/great actors.
The Longest Day is my favorite of all time. There are many other good movies that I can't remember the names and alot of sleepers I have seen recently on the internet that I'd never heard of before.
Das Boot, The Dambusters, Been fascinated by Heavy Equipment ever since !
Das boot, especially the extended original cut is awesome 👍🏻
@@trooperwolfieseen that qile on battlefield tour before we went to see u boat pens in st nazier
@@tommyatkins2527 sounds like a great trip 👍🏻 I've only seen the u boat museum in Merseyside, they've sectioned it, but you can see inside, I wouldn't want to be cooped up in one underwater 😬
👍👌
my all time favourite War films are Ice cold in Alex aand Heartbreak Ridge I have watched both films numerous times and never get bored of them
Two real good bangers 👌
Falklands War: An Ungentlemanly Act.
Cracking film with some memorable quotes that probably wouldn’t be allowed these days !
Very true 👍
My favourite film of all time is still zulu, never get sick of watching it. Once watched Waterloo in the guardroom at Buckingham Palace
When I was off duty a good film too. 😊
Love some of the lines in that movie
Just a small few of my favorites.
The Great Escape. As a kid, it was always on at Christmas. Every Boxing day now, I get brought breakfast in bed and my DVD of The Great Escape.😁
You mentioned The Odd Angry Shot. I got introduced to this if I remember in the early 80's. No one had heard of it. As you say, it's the Aussies in Vietnam and depicts their involvement and the aftermath when they returned home.
A Bridge Too Far. Absolute Classic!
So many of the stars were Veterans themselves. So they could put their sole into acting the parts!👍
Saving Private Ryan. Special effects on the beach landing was AMAZING!
Kajaki has to be in my top 3!
What I liked most of all about the film was the way that they showed the camaraderie of not only The Paras. But ALL British squaddies!
In the face of adversity, the squaddie humor & banter was there in spades!
The line I will always remember is "What you gonna do when we get back to Colly? I'm gonna go and get legless!"
My understanding is, the actors that played the parts had done their research with the guys involved and wanted it to be a true depiction of the event!
Why no film on The Falklands?
Remember. The Americans didn't want to get involved. Except when they supplied Stinger missiles.
It's probably too much of a Political 'Hot potato' for Hollywood to poke their head above the parapet.
Well there you go, mucka. A few of mine.
My best to you & Tracer round.👍
As you say "Till the next time. LETS TAB!"👍👍🤜🤜
Cheers Nobby, great classics you've mentioned there. Lets Tab 👍🫡
Cannot argue with some of your picks. As a resident of Lincoln, the Dambusters is quite pertinent. Kajaki is very underrated in my eyes. 2 that you could have mentioned, Waterloo (Where my regiment fought with distinction, The 1st Regiment of Foot Guards ) And The Charge of the Light Brigade. Showing the deep divisions of leadership. And again where my regiment fought at Alma, Inkerman and Balaklava.
Sea of sand and ice cold in Alex . Two classic films about the campaign in the Western Desert . Odd angry shot a really funny film . Top notch .😂
Your quite right about the classic Sunday afternoon war films, too many to list. I very much agree about the Falklands , would make a brilliant movie. Polotics , and the sheer logistics involved in how we succseeded to victory despite little back up from our so called allies. PS Zulu dawn a very much underrated movie. Nice one.
Yes Zulu Dawn, loved Bob Hoskins in that
The first Dunkirk (John Mills) is my no1 choice. It is very accurate and depicts typical soldiers of the day, scared but willing to fight. My father was very reticent about his Dunkirk experiences (he got a "mention") and would never watch a war movie. We convinced him to see the movie and he gave it the "thumbs up", except for the smoke over Dunkirk shown in the movie was not large enough. Apparently it went straight up and was visible for miles. Zulu is a classic in every sense and The Cruel Sea is masterful. I'm ex Navy so I can relate to that one. Cheers and best wishes.
I think you're right, the original Dunkirk film was better than the remake
I'm a fan of the older black and White films myself; the Cruel Sea, Longest Day, Reach for The Sky, In Which We Serve, Sink The Bismark etc .. often with real personnel in the background but always with actors who had been there in some degree. Plus I'm a sucker for a good bit of stiff upper lip 😄🇬🇧 But on the whole, (those I've mentioned) Zulu, both Dunkirk's (especially the original) Battle of Britain. You mention An Ungentlemanly Act; also a favourite of mine and definitely worth a modern film of the Falklands. I could go on but it might take ages to read 😂👍
In which we serve. Awesome 👌
Oh yeah, and seeing someone’s else comments - Ice Cold in Alex. Classic movie!
Lovely old film
Seaman Staines here. The Cruel Sea withe Jack Hawkins (ex RWF ?) Gritty film about the realities of the Battle of Atlantic .
Great mini Film on UA-cam ' The Norland goes to War ' Brilliant accent of this Unsung hero all told by the Merchant Lads mainly from Hull . All done with a sense of Humour from the Lads . Worth a Watch 😀👍⚓
People do seem to forget the bravery and sacrifice of our Merchant Navy
I must say i went twice in the cinema to watch "Saving Private Ryan" the first 20 min beach landing ;; Brilliant
Reach for the sky - Douglas Bader
Lovely story well acted movie
The Odd Angry Shot is the best and only authentic Australian movie ever made.
There is another. It is Called "Danger Close.". It depicts the Battle of Long Tan in August 1966. It is on DVD. I highly recommend it. It only had a limited theatrical release mostly in Australia.
@bluesteel648 The song at the end of Danger Close got me. One of the only times I've sat and the whole way through the end credits
ua-cam.com/video/3DXWmOsoYp4/v-deo.htmlsi=J72AMtansBU-yIbS. The whole e film on YT the odd angry shot
I’m also a fan of Danger Close. As an old American Vietnam was my personal conflict and I thought Platoon, in part, and Danger Close were the best representations of that war.
Two fantastic films. But I do prefer the Odd Angry Shot 👍🏼
As a former graduate of the MCTC, I must mention "The Hill" but also " The Long and the Short and the Tall" ...My dad's favourites were "Ice Cold in Alex" as he drove an ambulance in the desert, Burma and Italy, but he also liked Custer's Last Stand...more of a war film than a western, I think
I had forgotten Ice Cold in Alex, absolutely wonderful film.
Ice cold is truly a brilliant movie on every front!
Great selection. I lost 3 stone watching Ice Cold in Alex and I was only about 10 years old AND it was in Winter. Still can’t watch it to this day.
Great topic - love all those old black and white films I watched as a kid and the later more Hollywood ones like Where Eagles Dare and the Great Escape. I got Apocalypse Now! out on video when I was about 13 thinking it was an ordinary war film and it totally blew my mind. Overall then, personal favourites are The Cruel Sea and Ice Cold in Alex. I'd have to add William Wyler's 1944 documentary film on the Memphis Belle because it gets over the reality far better than things like Masters of the Air. And there was a TV film about a platoon in Northern Ireland I remember seeing years ago that was a bit like The Odd Angry Shot set in South Armagh - boredom, trogging around farms and fields, with very occasional violence. Can't remember what it was called though.
Ice cold in Alex 🍻 cracking movie
‘Contact’ a BBC film adapted from a book by AFN Clarke about a platoon of Paras in South Armagh.
@@baz7344 brilliant, thanks! Just watched the latest on ranks and heard you getting a call out for this. Just off to get a copy of the book.
Loads of great films mentioned here, but my " go to " film for a boost, is ( not strictly a war film, but ) Carry On Up The Khyber! 😁
Great videos Keith, 👍
Cheers Jason, do like some of the old carry on movies
Yeah, grew up watching them. Got them all.
Agree with you on many Zulu, Battle Of Britain, A Bridge Too far, Dunkirk, Dam Busters, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Master and Commander, Memphis Bell ( tad untrue story line, but good) Twelve O'Clock High, Barry Lyndon, 1st part., We were Soldiers. Flyboys, Wild Geese. I could go on and on, but these are my favorites. To name but a few. A number of British Documentaries as well.
All fantastic
All the ones you mentioned plus Hacksaw Ridge .Full metal Jacket .
The Dirty Dozen takes it for me. A very clever drama with some superb characters and dialogue
Really good characters in that
Couple more for you Keith, A Bridge too far, Bridge over the river Kwi, Battle of the River plate. No Saving private ryan, is is in fact based on the true story of Fritz Nieland of the 506 PIR 101st Airborne, and I believe, the movie was made to help fund the making of Band of Brothers, abot E comopany 506 PIR. Stay safe mate.
Cheers Baz, all the best mate
One thing I have noticed is those lanes your walking, and how they bare a canny resemblance to Normandy in France .
Yes, now you mention it I can see what you mean
Around 10 years ago they started making Destroyer about the Type 42s in the Falklands. I think they filmed a lot on HMS Edinburgh. But for some reason it never finished production.
That would have been good
Delighted to see your subscribers climbing Keith, So many really enjoyable war movies but Zulu has to be at the top of the list.
Thank you. Yes, Zulu, some great quotes come from that
Would love a film about our Paras at Goose Green ..and like you say they wouldn't be short on advisors ..
Ex RAMC I have revisited some of the Falklands youtube documentaries one in particular, Falkland islands Combat Medics. Commander Rick Jolly's Red & Green Life Machine At Ajax Bay they treated about 1,400 wounded of both sides. many feats of personal courage.
A real testament to the guys and their training.
The hill with Sean Connery
Great film, just watched it actually.
Proper beasting British army style
"an ungentlemanly act" is great, I've got it on DVD. I've also got tumbledown, again, great film. "71" is a brilliant film, I went to the cinema to see that. The best/most realistic ww2 film has to be "the battle of Britain" where they used real hurricanes, spitfires, Spanish made heinkels and "buchon Messerschmitt bf 109s, loads of great actors.
🫡👍🪖
Totally agree with all your favorites but I’d have to add Band of Brothers right at the top of my list! I’m a U.S. veteran of 22 years service and Vietnam bet. I find most of them to be fairly accurate.
We were soldiers, beautiful day sergeant major "are you the fffin weather man now*
We were soldiers once and young. Required reading for US officer cadets in the early 1990's. The movie is nearly as good as the book.
12 O'clock high... Greg Peck. Used on Sandhurst courses I believe. Others from me Zulu Dawn, Zulu, A Bridge Too Far, Name escapes me as I type but Michael Cain playing Fallshirmjager trying to catch Churchill, Longest Day, Ice cold in alex, battle of Britain, Great Escape, Saving Private Ryan and We were Soldiers . think that's it for me as I type
Think Caine was in the Eagle has Landed
The Way Ahead with David Niven is my favourite. The Odd Angry Shot about the Australia's in Nam and The Boys Of Comppany C are also worth a watch.
My son loved the great escape when he was about 7, he watched it over and over, and on world book day, he got "the cooler king" book from the library and dressed as "hilts" complete with baseball glove and ball and went into school lol
Brilliant, good on him.
Excellent work
Cheers Kurt 🫡
1. The Longest Day
2. Das Boot (Director’s cut)
3. The Dambusters
4. Yangtze Incident- Escape of the Amethyst
5. A Bridge Too Far
6. The Cruel Sea
7. Battle of Britain
8. Full Metal Jacket
9. Danger Close - The Battle of Long Tan (2019 Australian movie about their single biggest engagement of the Vietnam War)
10. Cross of Iron
Not a film but I really enjoyed The Last Englishman with Jim Broadbent playing Colonel A.D. Wintle - it’s on YT but split into four parts. Wintle really was something else, a true British institution
Ice cold in Alex, the cruel sea and in which we serve. Really enjoyed your channel
Top favourite wild Geese
They who dare
I’ll be met by moonlight
Bridge to far
The way ahead
Wild Geese Joan Armatrading soundtrack fantastic
Wild geese 👍👌
Love a good war movie 🍿
Here’s my favourites.
Battle of Britain, Zulu, Saving private Ryan, We were Soldiers, The Quiet American , Black Hawk Down,Platoon, The Deer Hunter, Pearl Harbour All quiet on the Western Front.
Watched the odd angry shot on UA-cam last week enjoyed it full of Aussie banter.
Some real classics there thank you
Ten war movies I'd take with me, A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day , Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Dunkirk, 1917, Good Morning Vietnam, 71, Hacksaw Ridge , Heartbreak Ridge
The Cruel Sea, Ice Cold In Alex, The Yangtze Incident, The Dambusters, The Bedford Incident, and not a film Blackadder Goes Forth
Definitely second The Bedford Incident and the Yangtze Incident
The Odd Angry Shot, great film. Beast of War is pretty good as well.
🫡
Top 10 war films is an interesting task. I grew up in the 50’s-60’s watching old b&w war films, John Wayne, Audie Murphy etc. I still recall Sands of Iwo Jima and To Hell and Back from those days. They aren’t my favourites but they made an impression. I guess Master and Commander and Waterloo are excellent movies about the Napoleonic Wars. All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 version is probably the best & Paths of Glory are 2 good WW1 related anti war movies. I liked The Battle of Britain for its flying sequences and seeing representations of classic airplanes. Other WW2 movies were Bridge on the River Kwai, Saving Private Ryan and Letters from Iwo Jima. I would also rank Danger Close and Platoon as my Vietnam War movies. Some great ‘war adjacent” are Casablanca, Schindler’s List, Dr. Strangelove & Pan’s Labyrinth.
Some fantastic films there
Audie Murphy played himself once & is the most decorated American soldier of WWII including the Medal of Honour. 👏
My favourites are: The Wild Geese, A Bridge too Far, Zulu (or course), The Longest Day, Platoon. Also, The Siege of Jadotwille, about the Congo, with Jamie Dornan. Great movie. Also the movie with Mel Gibson - , We were Soldiers.
Great list of classics 👌
I would highly recommend Master and Commander the far side of the world. Technically accurate and we'll acted.
Superb Film 👍
Cheers Steve 🫡
The French film Dien Bien Phu is very good and also the German series recently made called Generation War, a great series and highlights the moral quagmire of the eastern front.
And Gordon of Khartoum is also a great epic.
55 days in Peking and Tora Tora Tora.
I do like a Far East theatre war film.
Bridge on the river Kwai has got to be one the best war films.
Jack Hawkins and Alec Guinness.
And I loved the bbc series Manhunt from the 70s about SOE and the resistance in France.
I also rate Secret Army and follow on series Kesselring.
Bloody hell, Man Hunt, I remember that now that you mentioned it. Wonder if it is online somewhere?
I got the dvd box set.
I enjoyed it. I can just about remember it from childhood.
Resurrection 1989 about the Scots Guardsman that went missing during the Falklands war. Never saw it myself, though I didn’t know it was a movie, a read the books about him and the other one about Lt Lawrence. The ‘G’ Company Guardsmen sitting on the top of Mount Tumbledown after the battle were mostly Guardsmen I served with between 1974-77. I went to school with I believe he was a Sgt Robert Jackson who won the MM I believe for Tumbledown. I was in Belfast with 3 Sqn RCT when the Falklands kicked off.💂♂️🪖⛑️🏴🇨🇦
🪖🫡
Dirty dozen for me keith. All of the cast was brilliant and its hard to beleive lee marvin hated making that film
the odd angry shot ... never heard that one mentioned by an non - aussie before. i always liked kellys heros,
The Steel Helmet with Leo Genn is a good WW2 movie, very gritty, down to earth stuff. I like John Mills war movies, the classics, so Dunkirk to me is one of the best movies, knocks the spots off the new one. For new films 1917 is pretty good I think. Dirk Bogart is another good war film leading man. Harry Andrews excellent supporting actor in so many films and Bernard Lee of course (M from the old Bond movies). Like us all I could go on and on😊 Paths of Glory, great anti war movie, excellent film.
The Cruel sea is a classic, got to be the best naval film made. Give it a view Keith.
Great movie
In no particular order Waterloo, A bridge too far, the longest day, Zulu, Zulu Dawn, the hill, All The kingsmen about the Sandringham regiment, platoon, saving Private Ryan and not really a movie but a miniseries "band of Brothers". Cheers Ron
Cheers Ron, great list
@@LetsTab59-bd4fd oh and another good one 55 days at Peking. Sergeant Major Ronald Brittain (the voice) played the British sergeant major.
Zulu ,damb busters ,battle of Britain, hamburger hill , Boys from company C , and any good old WW2 war film from 60s to 80s
All greats 👍
Ice Cold in Alex with Sir John Mills and also another one with Michael Caine called “Play Dirty” set in the North African desert, not many seem to remember the latter for some reason .. 🇬🇧
Can't say I remember that later one ,must look it up, do like Michael Caine movies
I was brought up on all those films, Operation Mincemeat was one missing from many lists. The man who never was. Half my lot are Navy the other half are Army with a couple of guards and fleet air arm.
I think that Hollywood was not interested in the Falklands because they didn't approve and they weren't involved giving it the biggun. My favourites- Where Eagles Dare, A Bridge Too Far. Das Boot,Operation Valkyre, In Which We serve.
It is a shame no ones really picked up the Falklands for a movie
@@LetsTab59-bd4fd Maybe when our generation is gone and they fictionalise it and make it something it wasn't they might do it Keith. In the meantime everyone is far too busy kowtowing to the mob who are undermining everything those two wars were for and the Falklands, they'll probably hand them over next. What a generation of wet lettuce we have.
My favorite war movies aren't necessarily those with a huge budget, I like the ones when you have a squad of men behind enemy lines and how they interact, thier characters, how they deal with the combat and stress, such as" the guns of naverone", " sea of sand " "the dessert rats" and one i really liked with sean Connery, "the hill" but I did like your slection.
Wild Geese, excellent "modern" mercenary flick.
I know it's from the 70s, but there's DPM!!
Also " Who Dares Wins", masterpiece. Remember watching it in the cinema as a 14 yr old
Cheers Nobby, hope alls well mate 👍
All good Keith, hope you both are staying chipper.
Been lovely weather for being out and about.
In my opinion, Tora,Tora,Tora about the pearl harbour attack, The Train, about the french resistance movement, and what i think is the best film made so far about the great war, Paths of Glory.
Downfall also deserves a mention.
Classics, Paths of Glory, amazing old film
Looked a loverly tab today keith thanks
What a great subject.
I’ll bet many of us are sat in front of the telly tomorrow! 🤣
Sounds like we had a similar childhood!
Our film lists would also be very much alike.
I wonder if Ice Cold in Alex was in your list?
I’d also have Black Adder Goes Forth - Brilliant British understatement and p1ss taking.
A bug bear for me about WW2 films was the use of American 1950s/60s era MBTs to represent WW2 Axis armour. 😖
One those lines in Zulu was often replayed during my service:
“Why us?’
“Cos we’re ‘ere lad, nobody else’ 🤣
You’re right about there being tons of material about NI and the Falklands for full length feature films.
NI could be both serious stuff but also comedies - remember our conversation about those erroneous border crossings!🤣
I reckon we could all contribute - how about a time when an infantry officer pee’d off with a vcp stop on a known player ordered the RE search section commander to take apart the offenders car - so he did, literally - with a stihl saw! 🤣😮
I think that the real reason there are few NI feature films is because they couldn’t find any U.K. actor handsome enough to play the Sapper lead 😉 and Brad Pitt is lousy at British accents! 😂
Cheers Keith👍🏻
Brilliant thanks 🫡👍🪖
Lots and lots of war movies - what to choose first ? But anyway some good films are: Zulu, The battle of Isandlwana, Back to 1942...
I haven't seen many of the old greats. I have enjoyed the more resent Films like 1917, Dunkirk, When we were Soldiers, Hacksaw Ridge, Hill 60 and other films on the Great War. I have still to get round to watching the new version. All Quite on the Western Front. Not seen Saving Private Ryan either. A Guardroom Favourite was Full Metal Jacket, when stagging on.
Full metal jacket, another classic
Think I remember hearing that Stephen Fry had the rights to remake The Dambusters and was looking into it. Favourite films include Gallipoli, Kajaki and a Russian one called White Tiger. Don't forget the original cast in Dads Army film. One of my teachers at school (1969) was an extra on The Longest Day. Didn't like him. not many did, and about 12 years later went back to the school as a Cpl in uniform and said something along the lines of " You only played a soldier, I'm doing it for real". Petty but I enjoyed saying it!
Great list 👌
Great Models Alan, particularly like that rocket laden Hawker Typhoon?
Not sure you've sent this to the correct channel. No worries 👍
In the Longest Day, Richard Todd talks to himself on the bridge actually, great anecdote, look out for it.
I saw him a few time in Aldershot Airborne forces day 60 70s
@@mickwful an interesting character to be sure
The Way Ahead - no one seems to have heard of it but you are in for a thrill! made in 1943 all the British stars of the time.
Love that movie
For me ..Oliver reed in Hannibal Brooks ,and Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron, The light horseman aswell that's another goodun ..
One I forgot but is very good is a Russian film set in WW2 called Kukushka or Cuckoo. (dark comedy)
Set in the Finnish / Russian winter war
Will check that out Don, cheers 🍻
+1 for Zulu and The Great Escape. Caine was in another one, Too Late The Hero, which I think is right here on UA-cam.
But my favourite of all time is A Bridge Too Far. My regiment, the Air Despatch, was involved in that. Quite a young regiment (obviously), it had only one battle honour, and Arnhem was it. I've read the book, which is full of photos and interviews of those who were there. It's incredible how accurate the film is; all the actors were chosen who actually looked like who they were portraying, and the dialogue is exactly what was said at the time.
Agreed 💯👍🫡
Black adder goes forth.....Sums it up .
Very much so